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I feel like Donald Trump

Ria — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:30:22 +0000

My cellphone runs flat each day. The battery is fine; it wears out because I spend most of my waking hours with the phone pressed close to my ear. Callers always seem to be surrounded by fighting couples with screaming children, stuck in heavy traffic outside a mosque with a new 5000W PA from the

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Let them eat stats

Ria — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:29:21 +0000

Back in April, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade announced his latest new plan to revitalize the country’s agricultural sector, the largest sector of activity in terms of employment and production. It was the third plan in as many years. Previous plans, Jaxaay and Reva, were announced with similar fanfare yet failed to materialize into any actual

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To the barricades, James, and don’t spare the Porsches!

Ria — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:35:19 +0000

A few days after my previous post, residents of Dakar suburbs, Castors, Derklé and Liberté 06, took to the streets to protest against the prolonged and repeated electricity cuts. Actually, what pushed them over the edge was the distribution of double invoices from the electricity company, SENELEC. Yes, we give you no power and charge

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Daiquiri virgin

Ria — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:18:52 +0000

We followed Ernesto’s trail online hour by hour but by early morning it had become clear that he was turning away from Jamaica and moving north. So we feel pretty silly sitting in a house with boarded-up windows (actually only four windows – that’s all the plywood we had).

We also tried to follow local

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Googly nubs

Ria — Thu, 25 May 2006 05:07:16 +0000

Just a quickie … too much work, too many deadlines. So it’s over to you, dear visitor.

Item 1 Imported corn from the USA

Item 2 Local corn from Jamaica

Discuss.

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A is for Ackee

Ria — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:58:49 +0000

After most of the children’s books drowned in the hotel flood, we bought some new ones in a local bookshop. One of the books was an alphabet colouring book. The first page had a blob outline and the text, A is for ackee. We had no idea what it was, nor what colour it should

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Volpetti’s

Ria — Wed, 25 May 2005 04:44:00 +0000

When you first enter the shop, the smell of cheese and ham is overpowering.

Volpetti’s: probably the best deli in Rome; definitely one of the main reasons we’re still here, particularly since it’s only a ten-minute walk from our house. We eat at their self-service restaurant, Volpetti più, at least once a

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All’s well, now eat up

Ria — Thu, 05 May 2005 17:03:00 +0000

Little Maria Francesca (5 years old) can once again hug her dog Ribbon, whose disappearance yesterday had made her stop eating for days. “I’m so happy,” said the girl, “now I will never leave my ‘little brother’ again. I thought I had lost him forever.” The dog was found at Tiburtina Station thanks

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Barf out!

Ria — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:41:58 +0000

If you’re in Birmingham, UK, this Sunday, why not try … competitive eating?

Gag me with a spoon!

Check out the “Bib sheet” of champion speed eater Sonya Thomas.

“I can eat anything I want and never seem to gain a pound!” she giggles.

Word of the day: bulimia

!@#$%^&*()_+

I had an orgiastic

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The meaning of life

Ria — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:33:00 +0000

A Reuter’s report of yesterday: Feel like a cup of tea, but don’t have the time to brew one up? Pop a “tea pill” instead.

Why would I do that? Isn’t the whole point about tea that you actually take the time to make it then blow and sip it slowly, sit back

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